Big brother in Beijing

April 5, 2021

I just couldn’t believe I was reading it right: Foreign Minister Hishammuddin Hussein calling China “big brother” in a televised …

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Standing up to China

December 23, 2016

Responding to the latest satellite imagery released by the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative last week showing that China is …

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A plane disappears, Malaysia’s flaws emerge

March 13, 2014

ASIA MAR 13, 2014 6:00 PM ET By William Pesek Confusion doesn’t normally make for a great economic indicator. But the …

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Is it about drink-driving or pushing a religious agenda?

The way some of our politicians are getting worked up about the whole drink-driving issue makes me wonder whether other agendas are driving the issue. Let’s get one thing straight: drink-driving (or driving while intoxicated) is just plain wrong. It endangers innocent lives and must never be tolerated. Many countries have very strict drink-driving laws […]

Crooks, the whole lot of them

The slew of accusations now being traded between former leaders about corruption, nepotism and malfeasance in office has, no doubt, confirmed what most Malaysians have long suspected: that their leaders are all corrupt and untrustworthy. They come around waving the flag and pretending to be great patriots but they are just opportunists out to enrich […]

Pigs in the house?

There was an interesting article in the media last September about the state of Malacca being invaded by pigs from across the Strait. Apparently, they were abandoning their habitat for greener pastures. Barely a month later, there was another newspaper headline that read “Question on pigs sparks off heated exchange at Melaka state assembly.” It […]

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Big brother in Beijing

Standing up to China

A plane disappears, Malaysia’s flaws emerge